Prince Harry was in the UK from September 8-11. On the 12th (and 13th, I think) he was in Ukraine, then he returned to the UK briefly, just long enough to fly out of Heathrow and get back to Montecito in time for his birthday. Harry’s September visit was widely regarded as a success – he was out and about, visiting charities and doing public appearances, all with his private security in tow. Some people theorized that King Charles “gave” Harry some royal protection for the visit, especially since Harry and Charles met at Clarence House. As it turns out, not so much. As it turns out, British police and the royal protection unit are perfectly fine leaving Harry unguarded, even though he’s in serious danger whenever he steps foot in the UK. Apparently, one of Harry’s stalkers came dangerously close to him TWICE in the UK.
A known stalker came within feet of the Duke of Sussex on two separate occasions during his recent visit to the UK, The Telegraph can reveal. The woman, who may be suffering from mental health issues, entered a “secure zone” at a central London hotel at which the Duke was attending the WellChild Awards on Sept 9.
Two days later, she was spotted within a stone’s throw of the Duke at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies in west London, security sources said. She is said to have previously followed him to Nigeria.A member the Duke’s private staff recognised the woman and “body-blocked” her to ensure that she could not get any closer, despite not knowing if she was carrying a weapon. There was no police presence at the event.
The woman is on a list of fixated individuals drawn up by a private intelligence company for the Duke’s personal protection team. She has a history of following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex all over the world and was seen during the couple’s visit to Abuja, Nigeria, last year. Scotland Yard declined to comment on the two incidents, stating that it did not discuss security arrangements.
The incidents are likely to be used by the Duke as proof of the risk he faces, and which is faced by those around him, as he continues to pursue the right to a full risk assessment of his security arrangements despite losing a legal challenge against the Government.
A friend said the Duke felt “enormous guilt” that his high profile put others around him at risk, citing it as one of the reasons why his visits to the UK are so infrequent.
“It should not be left to two office staff to act as extra eyes and ears or provide a physical barrier,” said the friend. “That should not happen. It is only going to take one motivated, lone individual for this to go south very quickly.”
The Duke has no right to guaranteed state-backed police protection when he visits the UK. Each visit is assessed on its merits by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec). The “bespoke” arrangement has so far resulted in the Duke receiving minimal or no police protection on most visits. Instead of the armed close protection he received as a working member of the Royal family, he has been assigned a liaison officer to contact if anything goes awry – a role police sources admitted was “a suit in an office” who is not security vetted. As such, should there be an incident, his private protection team can only call 999 and hope for a swift response.
I’ve known for some time that the British media, the British royal family and Britain’s police and royal protection service are all working in tandem to create situations in which harm comes to both Harry and Meghan. They’ve been doing this for years, even when the Sussexes lived in the UK. That’s why every time Harry visits the UK, the press tries to incite hatred and violent rage against him. That’s why Charles and his courtiers have facilitated this lack of police protection in the UK, and why they’ve begged foreign governments to provide zero protection for the Sussexes as well.
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